American Eagle to open stores in China early 2011

Who knew someone would think that Chinese people want to dress like American middle schoolers? Clothing franchise American Eagle Outfitters will open stores in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai in early 2011. The company says their new Asia branches will offer the complete American Eagle seasonal assortments, intimates and dormwear lines from aerie by American Eagle. CEO Jim O’Donnell has said “there is significant appetite for the American Eagle Outfitters brand internationally,” although, since nobody we know shops there, we’d like to see how exactly they measured this “significant appetite.”